Quote:You cannot assess the performance of a GPU based on peak throughput alone. It's like comparing apples to oranges, every GPU architecture is different.
Is this as inaccurate as comparing different cpus by clock speed?
Quote:And please don't get the GT 240. Why?
Google "GT 240 dolphin"
I Googled, and
this was fixed last year, right?
Quote:Lol @ the pathetic 8400GS.
Yeah, I would imagine any of these cheap cards I'm considering will seem amazing compared to it.
Quote:The GT440 is best if it's the GDDR5 card. Personally I wouldn't get any of them.
The GDDR5 GT440 is $70-$80, and if I was going to spend that much I would just spend a little more and get a really nice card. I just want to get rid of my gpu bottleneck as cheaply as possible. I found
this GT240 for $35 shipped. How much better would a $50 gt430 be?
If you don't want to spend any money, get the GT240. What else can I tell you.
Well, I don't want to spend much money. If the GT240 will let me play at 1x native resolution without slowing down my E8400, then it will do for now. If it isn't enough, what do I need?
You could probably play at 2x with no AA with that card.
Quote:Is this as inaccurate as comparing different cpus by clock speed?
Yes.
Quote:Yeah, I would imagine any of these cheap cards I'm considering will seem amazing compared to it.
Yes, but they're still crap, especially the GT 520.
Quote:You could probably play at 2x with no AA with that card.
Agreed. Lighter games should even be able to handle 2.5x.
Thanks everyone, for your advice. I got the 240 GT yesterday, but things didn't go as planned. I tried it in Ubuntu first. I installed the current Nvidia driver through the repository and things seemed to be going well, but when I started Dolphin, it didn't even try to run. It actually uninstalled itself, which is a problem because Glennric's PPA no longer has the 10.04 package. lspci detects the card as a VGA compatible controller 039f instead of a 240 GT. At this point, I was thinking that I would go through my Linux driver hassle later, so I tried it in Windows 7. I downloaded the driver and it failed, saying it could not find any compatible hardware. The auto detect tool on the Nvidia site detected it as a generic VGA controller with no drivers available. The card is now on it's way back to where it came from. I have no idea what brand it was. I'm looking for another card now, so if anyone has more suggestions I would love to hear them. This card is only for Dolphin. I don't play any pc games. I just need something under $50 that sucks a little less than the 8400 GS. It doesn't have to be a Nvidia card, but it does have to work in Ubuntu.